Rocky Linux 是一个社区化的企业级操作系统。其设计为的是与美国顶级企业 Linux 发行版实现 100% Bug 级兼容,而原因是后者的下游合作伙伴转移了发展方向。目前社区正在集中力量发展有关设施。Rocky Linux 由 CentOS 项目的创始人 Gregory Kurtzer 领导。
Rocky Linux 从8.2版本开始内测,随后8.3版本开始RC,8.4版本开始GA,效率上还是相当高的。我们这里以8.4版本为例进行安装体验。值得顺便一提的是,除了常规的安装镜像,Rocky Linux 还提供了WSL相关的安装包,各种版本的支持都相当全面,目前看来确实给人感觉比较靠谱。
2、安装体验
这里使用kvm虚拟机来进行安装体验。Rocky Linux 的整体安装过程和centos8并没有太大的区别,内置的一些软件也基本一致。除了一些关键的名称和logo、图片等进行了变更,更加契合Rocky Linux 本身的形象气质。
$ lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch Distributor ID: Rocky Description: Rocky Linux release 8.4 (Green Obsidian) Release: 8.4 Codename: GreenObsidian
$ rpm -qa | grep glibc glibc-2.28-151.el8.x86_64
$ yum --version 4.4.2 Installed: dnf-0:4.4.2-11.el8.noarch at Mon 05 Jul 2021 07:46:22 AM GMT Built : infrastructure@rockylinux.org at Tue 25 May 2021 07:59:44 PM GMT
Installed: rpm-0:4.14.3-14.el8_4.x86_64 at Mon 05 Jul 2021 08:22:57 AM GMT Built : infrastructure@rockylinux.org at Tue 29 Jun 2021 05:33:33 PM GMT
$ dnf --version 4.4.2 Installed: dnf-0:4.4.2-11.el8.noarch at Mon 05 Jul 2021 07:46:22 AM GMT Built : infrastructure@rockylinux.org at Tue 25 May 2021 07:59:44 PM GMT
Installed: rpm-0:4.14.3-14.el8_4.x86_64 at Mon 05 Jul 2021 08:22:57 AM GMT Built : infrastructure@rockylinux.org at Tue 29 Jun 2021 05:33:33 PM GMT
$ cat Rocky-BaseOS.repo # Rocky-BaseOS.repo # # The mirrorlist system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the # update status of each mirror to pick current mirrors that are geographically # close to the client. You should use this for Rocky updates unless you are # manually picking other mirrors. # # If the mirrorlist does not work for you, you can try the commented out # baseurl line instead.
Summarized, the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) formed in Delaware (file number 4429978), backed by a board of advisors with access control policies that utilize the principle of least privilege and separation of duty to ensure that no action can be taken unilaterally (not even by the legal owner, Gregory Kurtzer). For more information, see our Organizational Structure.
目前看来Rocky Linux的赞助商阵容还是相对不错的,CIQ作为创始赞助商(官网首页宣传上了Rocky Linux),45Drives作为存储赞助商,还有国外的云计算三巨头微软谷歌亚马逊也表示会把Rocky Linux系统加入到它们的云服务器系统镜像列表中。此外Rocky Linux 8.4 GA版本发布后的下载量也是相当不错,据种子文件的统计大概在72小时内达到了八万次左右,表明社区期盼值是相当高的。